Synonyms for formation
fɔrˈmeɪ ʃənfor·ma·tion

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. formationnoun

   Synonyms:
   tactical formation, battle formation, task force, brigade group, combat team, battle group

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. formation

   Synonyms:
   shape, structure, construction

   Antonyms:
   deformity, malformation, dislocation, distortion

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1. formationnoun

   an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

   "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

   Synonyms:
   organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

2. formation, shapingnoun

   the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

   Synonyms:
   establishment, shaping, constitution, organization, geological formation, organisation, defining

3. constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisationnoun

   the act of forming or establishing something

   "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

   Synonyms:
   fundamental law, constitution, establishment, physical composition, composition, organization, system, shaping, governance, governing body, ecesis, make-up, validation, institution, makeup, organic law, brass, administration, geological formation, arrangement, organisation

4. geological formation, formationnoun

   (geology) the geological features of the earth

   Synonyms:
   organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

5. formationnoun

   a particular spatial arrangement

   Synonyms:
   organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

6. formationnoun

   natural process that causes something to form

   "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

   Synonyms:
   organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

7. formationnoun

   creation by mental activity

   "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

   Synonyms:
   organization, constitution, shaping, geological formation, establishment, organisation

Matched Categories

1. • Arrangement
   • Beginning
   • Creating By Mental Acts
   • Fabrication
   • Geology
   • Natural Process
   • Object

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. formationnoun

   Synonyms:
   creation, production

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "formation":

   training, forming, creation, constitution, establishment, education, train, composition, lineup, formed, learning, form, fashioning, line-up, trained

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How to use formation in a sentence?

1. Daniel Moriarty:

   This unusual structure at the very center of the basin begs the question: What is this thing, and might it be related to the basin formation process?

2. The European Space Agency:

   The existence of such complex molecules in a comet, a relic of Solar System, imply that chemical processes at work during that time could have played a key role in fostering the formation of prebiotic material.

3. Corey Knopp:

   People were physically assaulted, we expect to get booed and cussed at. But never for violence to take place... Put yourself in our shoes. Kids. Marching in formation back to our busses after a long day. Getting shoved and having beer cans shaken and sprayed at our feet. Getting slapped because of the words on our uniform( IOWA). Getting pushed so hard that someones( not going to name this person) ribs are broken. That is completely unacceptable.

4. Northwesterns Raffaella Margutti:

   We think that The Cow is the formation of an accreting black hole or neutron star, we know from theory that black holes and neutron stars form when a star dies, but weve never seen them right after they are born. Never.

5. W. R. Inge:

   Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.